Rodney Mims Cook Sr.
Rodney Mims Cook Sr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, United States on March 23rd, 1924 and is the American Politician. At the age of 88, Rodney Mims Cook Sr. biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Upon leaving the military, Cook returned to Georgia and later, with Robert Mathis built the Peachtree Planning Corporation, an insurance company. He entered into the political arena in 1962 by serving as a member of the Atlanta Board of Aldermen, where he chaired the Planning and Development Committee and was a member of the Parks and Zoning Committees until 1970.
Cook was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1965, and took office during the 1966 term. He was the first Republican elected county-wide in Fulton County to the Georgia House of Representatives. He remained in the legislature until 1972, serving as chairman of the Joint Senate–House Committee on Computerized Criminal Records and as a member of the Appropriations, Ways and Means, and Industry Committees. Cook unsuccessfully ran for Mayor of Atlanta in 1969, where he was defeated by Sam Massell. He returned to the House of Representatives and became chairman of the Georgia Republican Party and later ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Georgia in 1978 on the Republican ticket against Democratic incumbent George Busbee. His leading the ticket created a Republican majority in the Georgia Delegation to the United States Congress for the first time since Reconstruction.